Toshihiko is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
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Possible writings
Toshihiko can be written using different combinations of
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters. Some examples:
*敏彦, "agile, elegant boy"
*敏比古, "agile, young man (archaic)"
*俊彦, "talented, elegant boy"
*俊比古, "talented, young man (archaic)"
*利彦, "benefit, elegant boy"
*利比古, "benefit, young man (archaic)"
*年彦, "year, elegant boy"
*年比古, "year, young man (archaic)"
*寿彦, "long life, elegant boy"
*寿比古, "long life, young man (archaic)"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
としひこ or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
トシヒコ.
Notable people with the name
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Toshihiko Fukui
is a Japanese economist and central banker. He was the 29th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Early life
Fukui was born in Osaka.
Career
Fukui has worked at Japan's central bank ...
(福井 俊彦, born 1935), Japanese economist and banker.
*Toshihiko Horiyama (堀山 俊彦), Japanese video game composer.
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Toshihiko Itokawa
is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Ni ...
(糸川 敏彦, born 1974), Japanese speed skater.
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Toshihiko Iwasaki
(born October 14, 1967) is a retired Japanese male hurdler. He competed for Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the G ...
(岩崎 利彦, born 1967), Japanese hurdler.
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Toshihiko Izutsu
was a Japanese scholar who specialized in Islamic studies and comparative religion. He took an interest in linguistics at a young age, and came to know more than thirty languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, Sanskrit, Pali, Hind ...
(井筒 俊彦, 1914–1993), Japanese academic and writer.
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Toshihiko Kobayashi
is a Japanese manga artist.
In 1995, Half Court was serialized in Magazine Special from No. 1 to No. 11. After the serial publication of Parallel in Magazine Special from No. 8 in 2000 to No. 1 in 2002, Pastel was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magaz ...
(小林 俊彦), Japanese manga artist.
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Toshihiko Koga
was a Japanese judoka, 9th degree black belt and Olympic champion who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions. Koga is regarded as having perhaps the greatest ippon seoi nage ever. He died of cancer on March 24, 2021 at the age of ...
(古賀 稔彦, born 1967), Japanese judoka.
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Toshihiko Kuramoto
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The ...
(倉本 寿彦, born 1991), Japanese baseball player.
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Toshihiko Miyata
is a Japanese former international table tennis player.
Table tennis career
He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles with Keisuke Tsunoda at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships.
He won a gold medal in the team event for Japan.
See ...
(宮田 俊彦), Japanese table tennis player.
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Toshihiko Nakajima
was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who was affiliated with Gekidan 21 Seiki Fox at the time of his death. He was previously affiliated with Ken Production.
Filmography
Anime
*Carlos in '' Cowboy Bebop''
*Lemint in ...
(中嶋 聡彦, born 1962), Japanese voice actor.
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Toshihiko Okimune
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Okimune was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on September 7, 1959. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League Division 1 club Kawasaki Fron ...
(沖宗 敏彦, born 1959), Japanese footballer.
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Toshihiko Sahashi
is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various anime series (including OVAs, movies, and drama CDs), video games, movies, dramas, and musicals.
His wo ...
(佐橋 俊彦, born 1959), Japanese composer.
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Toshihiko Sakai
was a Japanese socialist, writer, and historian. He is also known by the pen name . He is also known for his translation with Shūsui Kōtoku.
Biography
Sakai was born as the third son to a samurai class family in what is now Miyako, Fukuoka. ...
(堺 利彦, 1871–1933), Japanese socialist, writer and historian.
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Toshihiko Seki
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator. In June 2004, Seki was honored by the readers of Animage Magazine in the 26th Annual Reader's Poll, where he was ranked the 9th favorite voice actor, largely in recognition of his performanc ...
(関 俊彦, born 1962), Japanese voice actor.
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Toshihiko Seko
is a Japanese former long-distance runner. He was a world-class marathon competitor in the 1980s. He represented his native country at the 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Seko's notable marathon wins include Fukuoka Mara ...
(瀬古 利彦, born 1956), Japanese long-distance runner.
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Toshihiko Shimosato
Toshihiko Shimosato (born 2 June 1946) is a Japanese former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: M ...
(下里 敏彦, born 1946), Japanese handball player.
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Toshihiko Shoji
was a Japanese ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch ...
(庄司 敏彦, 1909–?), Japanese ice hockey player.
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Toshihiko Tahara
is a Japanese idol singer, and solo vocalist, affiliated with Johnny & Associates. In the 1980s he had a number of number 1 singles in Japan. He was awarded a Japan Music Award in 1983 for the song . He was part of the Tanokin Trio.
Biogra ...
(田原 俊彦, born 1961), Japanese idol singer.
Toshihiko Takeda(竹田 敏彦, 1891–1961), Japanese novelist.
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Toshihiko Uchiyama (footballer, born 1978)
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Uchiyama was born in Izumi on October 21, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Montedio Yamagata in 1998. The club was promoted to new league J2 Le ...
(内山 俊彦), Japanese footballer.
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Toshihiko Yamada
is a Japanese ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, ...
(山田 敏彦, born 1932), Japanese ice hockey player.
See also
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9098 Toshihiko
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Evolution of the Arabic digit
In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
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